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=Amendment 4=
 * by: Ashley Holtzer, Danny Kaul, Keith Hernandez**



Questions&Answers about the fourth amendment

 * Question:** What does this amendment mean?
 * Answer:**This amendment states that all people should be able to rightfully own their own home, papers,persons,and effects. This was also created so that people had individual rights and so no one could invade someone's things unless they have permission or a warrant.


 * Question:**Where was the fourth amendment created?
 * Answer:** The fourth amendment was created in New York.


 * Question:** Why was the Fourth Amendment created?
 * Answer**: The Fourth Amendment was created because of Writs of Assistance. King George III would allow homes and peoples property to be searched without a warrant. People then wanted the Fourth Amendment to be created to protect their homes and belongings.


 * Question:** When was the Amendment approved (adopted)?
 * Answer:** The Fourth Amendment was adopted on December 15th 1791


 * Question:**What states ratified this amendment?
 * Answer:**New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Vermont, New Hampshire,North Carolina, Delaware, Rhode Island, Maryland


 * Question:** Who wrote this amendment?
 * Answer:** James Madison

This is a picture of James Madison.


 * Question:** What problem was this supposed to solve?
 * Answer:**This was supposed to solve the fact that people were not secure in there houses or had the right to their own things


 * Question:** How is it useful today?
 * Answer:** This amendment is useful today because everyone has the right to their own things. Now a person who touches or takes someone's things without permission serious consequences may occur. Also, everything now belongs to their rightful owner and less invasions occur.


 * Question:** If you wanted to search a persons belongings what would you need?
 * Answer:** You would need a search warrant that has been approved by a judge or someone in the court.You would also need to go throughout the steps of the particularly requirement in which you would have to convince the judge for a warrant and show a probable cause.
 * Question:** What is a warrant?
 * Answer:** It is an order from a judge demanding an officer or person to arrest a person or have permission to search an area for evidence.

[|Example of A Warrant]


 * Question:**Do all enforcement officers need warrants to search a house?
 * Answer:** Yes everyone including state police, local police, sheriffs deputies, FBI, DEA(Drug Enforcement Administration), INS(Immigration and Naturalization Service),etc.


 * Question:** What was going on at the time?
 * Answer:**Due to the king allowing homes to be entered without a warrant most of there peoples belongings were not protected and the people wanted to do something about this issue. They decided to come up with the forth amendment so that they knew there things were safe and could only be searched with a legal warrant.


 * Question:** If a school wanted to search a students locker would it be legal without a warrant?
 * Answer:** Yes, in some circumstances schools are allowed to search a students locker. In 1985 the supreme court decided that schools can search students lockers and belongings on school property if it is the reasonable thing to do. Even though each individual owns a individual locker it is still on school property so therefore the school is still allowed to look.


 * Question:** If a police officer gets a search warrant can they search and seize whatever they want to?
 * Answer:** No,if police officers get a search warrant they can only search the specific place named on the warrant. For example, if the warrant said the front yard of a house they cannot go inside the home with that warrant.

For more information click on the link below [|**Fourth Amendment Info.**]

Ashley's Current Event
The current event i read about was how In California people are allowed to go against the fourth amendment and enter homes without a warrant. The supreme Court thinks that the intrusions of homes is a search for a purpose of the Fourth Amendment. Most of these invasions were because of welfare fraud. This current event also explains how California wants to reduce the percentage of welfare frauds. A judge that held this case decided that it was a major problem and thought that the fourth amendment should be used in the state of California. This current event is very informative for more information on this article see link below. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/opinion/28wed2.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=fourth+amendment&oref=slogin

Danny's Current Event
This article i read about and chose is very informative. In this article is says that before now there has been no president able to change a wiretap to warrantless. This is because the Supreme Court has never granted the permission for this to happen until George W. Bush came along. Bush claims the right to warrantless spy. According to the article this is a lie. To find out some more information on this topic click on the link below. http://www.american-reporter.com/3,332/710.html

Keith's Current Event
The current event I chose and read was about the fact that in Detroit and and in some other states like California, police can go into a persons house without a warrant. This article also states that this rule is against the fourth amendment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The article said that in Detroit, police went into a man's house because they were very worried that he had weapons and drugs. I thought this article was very informative and we all learned a lot about this amendment. Click on the site below to learn more about the fourth amendment. http://www.nocuffs.com/articles/no_dui_warrants.htm